photography

A smart way to get a first feature noticed is to make it distinctive; stylise or structure it in a way that will generate a talking point for conversation to surround. 36, from new Thai director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit does precisely this, structuring the story around a piece of neat formalism…

Watermark, the second collaboration between filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal and photographer Edward Burtynsky, opens feistily. Colossal waves layered thick with silt crashing violently against each other, spray fizzing across the frame. Captured in a style of vivid slow-motion photography that looks more like painting than video, in a palette heavy on…